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fE~31 {{b)J "Base flood elevation Bf FE)" means the water surface elevation of the base flood. "Breakaway walls" are any type of walls, whether solid or lattice, and whether constructed of concrete, masonry, wood, metal, plastic or any other suitable building material which is not part of the structural support of the building and which is designed to break away under abnormally high tides or wave action without causing any damage to the structural integrity of the building on which they are used or any buildings to which they might be carried by [Fl,.,T] floodwaters. A breakaway wall shall have a safe design loading resistance of not less than ten and no more than twenty pounds per square foot. Use of breakaway walls must be certified by a [registered] licensed structural engineer or architect and shall meet the following conditions: (A) breakaway wall collapse shall result from a water load less than that which would occur during the base flood; and (B) the elevated portion of the building shall not incur any structural damage due to the effects of wind and water loads acting simultaneously in the event of the base flood. "Coastal high hazard area" -See "Zone V" and "Zone VE." a ~~77~..1a ~e ~ Boa Cn 7~ "Drainage facility" -See "Watercourse." "Dwellin¢ unit" means one or more rooms designed for or containing or used as the complete facilities for the cookin¢ sleeninQ and livin¢ azea of a single-family only and occupied by no more than one family and containing a single kitchen. "Encroachment" means the advance or infringement of uses, plant growth, fill, excavation, buildings, permanent structures, or development into a floodplain which may impede or alter the flow capacity of a floodplain. [f~3] "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)" means the federal agency responsible for administering and enforcing federal floodplain management regulations. 6